Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA), which entered into force on 29 December 2022. ECTA helps secure access to the fast-growing Indian market of over 1.4 billion people and gives Australian businesses opportunities for trade diversification. Australia, which is largely dependent on imports, will benefit hugely, they will soon start seeing a lot more finished goods coming in from India, providing huge amount of work and job opportunities in both goods and services, provided by Indian talent.
There lies an opportunity for Indian manufacturers to explore Australian market.
Trans4m Business Consulting can help / facilitate Indian small & medium companies explore Australian market.
Following is the 2 stage approach that will help companies explore and enter the Australian market in a risk-averse way.
- Indian goods on all tariff lines to get access to Australian market with zero customs duty.
- Cheaper Raw Materials, Faster Approval for Medicines.
- 90% of Australian exports by value to get zero duty access to Indian market.
- Easy access to each other's markets
This stage helps companies plan, strategize and start initial operations in Australia. This stage has minimal risks as company can control exit with less formalities. It goes through 3 steps:
1. Entry Strategy: Trans4m will facilitate entry strategy for the investing company with tie-up with local research companies. Entry strategy includes initial secondary research, product positioning, markets, competitor analysis and sound entry strategy
2. Enable Sales If the investing company finds opportunities lucrative, they can hire a local salesperson for initial primary research and business development. Tras4m can assist in hiring the salesperson who can initiate business development efforts for the company
3. Operations Support: Trans4m will support the investing company and local salesperson with payroll support, statutory and operating support.
In this stage, investing company is comfortable with the initial set-up and ready to invest. This stage includes 3 steps:
1. Set-up: Trans4m with the help of partner Chartered Accounting firm will help investing company to incorporate legal entity in Australia. It can include sole trading, partnerships and private limited company.
2. Operationalize: It will continue providing all the back-end support to the entity similar tothose in stage 1. This will help investing company and its local employees focus on improving sales while trans4m takes care of the backend infrastructure.
3. Transfer: If the investing company intends to take over the operations of the entity, Trans4m can assist phased handover the operations of the company to the new entity.
Trans4m wishes to be a trusted partner to the Indian investing companies and will be transparent in engaging local partners to deliver services.
Trans4m will operate on cost plus approach and provide actual invoices to the investing company.
- Market Research for entry strategy
- Recruitment company (hiring local people)
- Chartered Accounting Firm (company set-up and statutory formalities)
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